Some States Are Vaccinating For COVID Faster Than Others, Here's How Georgia Stacks Up

Atlanta GA

21 April, 2021

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Atlanta 2021-04-15 Rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States got off to a much slower start than the federal government initially anticipated. In response, the Biden Administration announced plans to vaccinate 300 million Americans by the end of the summer. Whether or not this timeline is achievable remains to be seen. Currently, 75,322,283 people have been fully vaccinated, or 23.0% of the U.S. population. So far, states have largely managed their own vaccination coordination efforts — and some have proven more efficient at it than others. In Georgia, 16.5% of the population are fully vaccinated, lower than the U.S. average. Lower than average vaccination rates in Georgia appear to be attributable in part to less efficient vaccination rollout. As of April 13, Georgia has received about 7,496,700 vaccinations and administered about 67.8% of those doses. As the virus mutates and new variants begin to spread, vaccinating the population as rapidly as possible is critical. In total, there have been 1,073,792 confirmed cases of the virus in Georgia as of April 13 — or 10,208 for every 100,000 people. For context, there have been 9,441 known infections for every 100,000 people nationwide. All COVID-19 and vaccination data used in this story are current as of April 13, 2021. These are all the counties in Georgia where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it's still getting worse). Rank Place Share of pop. fully vaccinated Fully vaccinated residents Total COVID-19 cases per 100k people 1 Alaska 30.2% 222,407 8,429 2 New Mexico 29.8% 624,260 9,228 3 Maine 29.8% 398,430 4,054 4 Rhode Island 29.5% 311,996 13,345 5 South Dakota 28.6% 252,713 13,568 6 Connecticut 28.6% 1,020,173 9,001 7 Vermont 27.7% 173,413 3,385 8 North Dakota 27.2% 206,741 13,789 9 New Jersey 26.8% 2,391,528 10,703 10 Minnesota 26.4% 1,483,979 9,660 11 Massachusetts 26.1% 1,803,735 9,124 12 Wisconsin 26.0% 1,509,913 11,104 13 New York 25.8% 5,035,736 10,022 14 Hawaii 25.6% 363,486 2,097 15 New Hampshire 25.5% 346,316 6,550 16 Iowa 25.5% 804,321 11,310 17 Montana 25.2% 268,087 9,996 18 Nebraska 25.2% 485,529 11,103 19 Maryland 24.8% 1,498,232 7,078 20 Washington 24.7% 1,860,506 5,009 21 West Virginia 24.2% 436,584 8,094 22 Oklahoma 24.1% 951,258 11,254 23 Kentucky 24.1% 1,077,734 9,692 24 Virginia 23.5% 1,998,026 7,477 25 Colorado 23.4% 1,333,034 8,404 26 Pennsylvania 23.3% 2,982,784 8,373 27 Michigan 23.3% 2,324,765 8,207 28 Wyoming 23.2% 134,166 9,844 29 Kansas 23.2% 674,861 10,449 30 Ohio 23.2% 2,707,455 8,892 31 Oregon 22.8% 956,243 4,070 32 Arizona 22.6% 1,618,978 11,846 33 Illinois 22.4% 2,858,827 10,044 34 Delaware 22.3% 215,263 10,192 35 North Carolina 22.1% 2,291,342 8,951 36 Nevada 22.0% 666,537 10,151 37 Florida 21.8% 4,652,671 9,785 38 Idaho 21.8% 382,381 10,453 39 California 21.6% 8,553,174 9,101 40 Louisiana 21.2% 985,901 9,632 41 Indiana 21.1% 1,411,286 10,441 42 Washington D.C. 21.1% 144,190 6,695 43 Missouri 21.0% 1,287,458 9,536 44 South Carolina 21.0% 1,067,882 11,065 45 Texas 20.4% 5,867,492 9,818 46 Mississippi 19.3% 576,869 10,297 47 Arkansas 19.1% 576,509 11,018 48 Tennessee 18.4% 1,247,930 12,175 49 Utah 17.3% 547,046 12,341 50 Alabama 17.3% 844,353 10,616 51 Georgia 16.5% 1,737,965 10,208 This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.